PSG turns Club World Cup showdown with Inter Miami into a beatdown, eliminates Lionel Messi
It was billed as the Club World Cup’s marquee Round of 16 showdown. It turned rather quickly into a soccer bloodbath. Paris Saint-Germain overwhelmed and eventually destroyed Inter Miami on Sunday, winning 4-0 and humiliating FIFA’s handpicked representative from Major League Soccer.
The beatdown was, in one sense, unsurprising. It was exactly what you’d expect from the champions of Europe, backed by limitless Qatari wealth, against an aging, unbalanced team hampered by MLS spending restrictions.
But it was still stunning.
Even when it was only 1-0, it was remarkably, almost indescribably one-sided.
In the first half, PSG ultimately scored more goals (four) than Miami completed passes into the attacking third (three), per Opta.
It created six “big chances” in those first 45-plus minutes. Miami took zero shots.
PSG put FOUR goals on the board in the first half vs. Inter Miami
